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in his first speech, he ruled out dialogue with the shock assad's regime. government troops and rebel fighters are blaming each other for a chemical attack near the northern city of aleppo -- dialogue with bashar alabama assad's regime. >> they accuse rebel fighters of launching a missile containing poisonous gases. the information minister said this type of weapon was prohibited under international law. >> so far, we have 16 martyrs and 86 wounded. most of them are in critical condition. the chemical contained in the missile causes immediate fainting, convulsion, and that. >> in istanbul, syria's main opposition group said they were looking at the attack rejected allegations that rebels were involved. we also know the rebels do not have access to chemical weapons. they would not have access to the means of launching these kind of chemical weapons. >> we have no details yet. we are against using chemical weapons from any side. i am not expecting the revolutionaries to do that, but we are against anyone who would use it. member for now, the reports cannot be
in his first speech, he ruled out dialogue with the shock assad's regime. government troops and rebel fighters are blaming each other for a chemical attack near the northern city of aleppo -- dialogue with bashar alabama assad's regime. >> they accuse rebel fighters of launching a missile containing poisonous gases. the information minister said this type of weapon was prohibited under international law. >> so far, we have 16 martyrs and 86 wounded. most of them are in critical...
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most eu members favor tougher sanctions on the regime of president assad. >> on the line from dublin now, we have our correspondent. has there been any progress in the talks between these foreign ministers. >> getting agreement was going to be a tall order, but anybody looking for some move -- well, i'm afraid they will be disappointed. foreign ministers are going the wrong way, and really, the best they can say is that the talks were useful and that they will continue, but there is no disguising the fact that even after today's talks were very differences -- very serious differences of opinions. simply put, britain and france believe in dispatching arms of e european union -- the irish and german position position being very similar -- simply put, the position for the rest of the member states is more arms means more casualties, and the simple fact is when you send in those arms, you cannot be too sure where they will end up. we do know that the arms embargo put in place by the eu is set to last may, and there's diplomats said the talks -- >> thank you very much. >> coming up on the
most eu members favor tougher sanctions on the regime of president assad. >> on the line from dublin now, we have our correspondent. has there been any progress in the talks between these foreign ministers. >> getting agreement was going to be a tall order, but anybody looking for some move -- well, i'm afraid they will be disappointed. foreign ministers are going the wrong way, and really, the best they can say is that the talks were useful and that they will continue, but there is...
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they are calling for german help and german weapons for the resistance against bashar al- assad. he is making his case for trusting moderate forces in syria, but he also wants a weapons the free syrian army. >> we do not need weapons to attack others, but in order to defend ourselves. we are now organized sufficiently so that germany will say yes to supporting us. >> a tough challenge for the ambassador of the syrian opposition in paris. -- he is working against radicalization in the forces, but he still backs arming the rebels. >> it is your responsibility to act since the europeans have let the syrian people high and dry for the last two years. russia, iran, and -- are backing the atrocities. >> sobering statistics after two years of conflict. 70,000 people dead, over one million refugees, much of syria reduced to rubble. arming the president's opponents remains controversial. a rift has opened up over the issue in the eu. with britain and france pushing for dropping in eu weapons embargo, there is little indication that the german government will budge. >> even if there were n
they are calling for german help and german weapons for the resistance against bashar al- assad. he is making his case for trusting moderate forces in syria, but he also wants a weapons the free syrian army. >> we do not need weapons to attack others, but in order to defend ourselves. we are now organized sufficiently so that germany will say yes to supporting us. >> a tough challenge for the ambassador of the syrian opposition in paris. -- he is working against radicalization in...
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assad blamed those rebels for the bombing. he said he wouldn't let the deaths go in vane and urged his supporters to carry on their fight. leaders of the opposition free syria army say assad is making false accusations. government troops are losing ground to the rebels. he is speaking to boost their morale. >>> japanese officials are moving ahead with plan does relocate a u.s. base. they've applied for the mission to begin reclamation of land for the proposed base. the officials submitted the papers outlining the reclamation project. it calls for the construction of two runways and facilities for the marine corps air station. >> translator: we officially obtained consent from local fisherman this afternoon. so we immediately submitted our application, based on the agreement to the prefecture. >> jap nose and u.s. officials agree move the arab station from a densely populated city to a coastal area. but the plan has been stalled because of opposition. okinawa governor want the base moved out of prefecture completely. >> transla
assad blamed those rebels for the bombing. he said he wouldn't let the deaths go in vane and urged his supporters to carry on their fight. leaders of the opposition free syria army say assad is making false accusations. government troops are losing ground to the rebels. he is speaking to boost their morale. >>> japanese officials are moving ahead with plan does relocate a u.s. base. they've applied for the mission to begin reclamation of land for the proposed base. the officials...
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>> i was told that they would do their utmost to keep the assad regime in power. we will now see if that was serious or not, but we should expect serious escalation on the part of the iranians. as far as i know, they are sending weapons nearly every day on cargo planes to damascus and other cities in the country. >> in terms of the western weaponry and now perhaps arab league weaponry as well. tunisia has announced it is cracking down onto lesions going there. what kind of role are they playing in the opposition? >> the g podcasts -- jihadists but still extremely well organized, although they are a minority. salafists are worried about the mainstream muslim brotherhood because that might not be an extremely radical organization, but it is a lot more radical in syria than in egypt or tunisia. >> as ever, thank you so very much. >> all right, now to cyprus where business is essentially at a standstill. banks are shut down until least there's a. shells at food stores are empty, and gas stations are closed. >> imports as well are not arriving in this island nation. su
>> i was told that they would do their utmost to keep the assad regime in power. we will now see if that was serious or not, but we should expect serious escalation on the part of the iranians. as far as i know, they are sending weapons nearly every day on cargo planes to damascus and other cities in the country. >> in terms of the western weaponry and now perhaps arab league weaponry as well. tunisia has announced it is cracking down onto lesions going there. what kind of role are...